It is not my policy to hit voters during the election.

I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.

Gordon Brown promised to abolish boom and bust. He has kept half his promise.

For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.

Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.

At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.

The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before.